Richard has welcomed the Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan – the biggest vaccination programme in British history – that sets ambitious targets as the government continues to ramp up its vaccine rollout.
As of 17th January 52,237 vaccinations have been administered in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes as part of plans to vaccinate the top 4 priority groups by mid-February. In the East of England 377,552 people have received a vaccine, with 429,864 doses administered in total across the area.
The United Kingdom is leading the way with its vaccination programme. So far, more than 5 million vaccinations have been administered to 4.6 million people – the fourth highest per capita, behind only Bahrain, the UAE and Israel. In addition, only two countries have administered more doses than the United Kingdom – China and the USA.
The Government’s Vaccines Delivery Plan sets out how it aims to administer 2 million doses of vaccines by the end of January, as well as offering vaccines to every elderly are home resident by the end of the month. So far, more than half of those over 80s and care home residents have received a vaccine.
On top of this, the Government is opening up new vaccination sites every day as part of our Vaccine Delivery Plan to ensure everyone is within 10 miles of a vaccination centre. 65 pharmacy sites are joining the programme this week and early next week with more to come.
Commenting, Richard Fuller MP said: “The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in our country’s history, has got off to a great start thanks to the hard work of all of those involved.
“It’s great to see that so many people in my area have received the vaccine as we lead the world in our fight back against coronavirus and with the new Weatherley vaccination centre opened in Biggleswade this week, this also adds to our local vaccine delivery."
